How to Make Date Syrup that is packed with delicious sweet taste, nutrition and is vegan!

I’ve wanted to share this date syrup with you for quite a while now, and personally, I think you’re really going to love it, for more than one reason. Cutting down on refined sugars? Ran out of honey or maple syrup? This is going to be your new best friend. I ended up making this as a resource when I needed some honey just to sweeten my greek yogurt and realised I had finished it all on this beautiful cheesecake. Years of baking + a little internet research led me to wonder and realise that I could make a sweetener out of dates!

Did you even know this was a thing?! I certainly didn’t. What you’re left with is a thick sweetener that takes the overly sweet nature of dates, and waters them down just slightly to reveal a sweetener that’s perfect for your oatmeal, your yogurt, and many recipes. As you can see, I was fine with grinding mine down and enjoying it as such. You could go even further and simmer it in a pot to reduce it down even more to a caramel-type sweet goodness that’s as syrupy as honey is. I’ll be honest and admit I ate a few spoonfuls. Just like that. I know, maybe not the bestuse of it but hey! All in the name of “recipe testing”.

Loooove this! I’ve used dates as a caramel-like sweetener in muffins, cookie bars, apple sauce … the list goes on and on! But now my list is even longer, thanks to this wonderful post! Stirred into yogurt? Brilliant!! As a sweetener for oatmeal? Yes, please! Mmmmmm … using this “syrup” on pancakes? I’m all in! 😀

Jess, I grind up dates to use in granola bars but I never for once considered making a syrup. My mind is blown. I need a make a few jars of this, as well as try caramelizing it. The possibilities for delicious, healthy sweetening are endless!